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- From: west@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Bruce West)
- Subject: Re: Racism in SF2?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.052216.13813@mercury.unt.edu>
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- Organization: University of North Texas, Denton
- References: <1992Nov15.235400.19644@midway.uchicago.edu> <1992Nov16.022738.28275@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 05:22:16 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov16.022738.28275@leland.Stanford.EDU> inkblot@leland.Stanford.EDU (Thomas Calvin Cannon) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov15.235400.19644@midway.uchicago.edu> alee@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- [racist begining stuff deleted]>
- >Before you guys start flaming this guy to a crisp, take a look at other
- >aspects of SFII. Namely, the endings.
- >
- >Ken: Left his girlfriend to fight in the tournament.
- >Guile: Deserted his family to go after Bison
- >Ryu: Doesn't like ceremony; looks for the next fight.
- >Honda: Keeps on training, being all he can be. =)
- >
- >IN GENERAL, the 'Americans' in SF2 are cocky, arrogant, and not all-around
- >nice people, while the Japanese characters are focused, dedicated 'warriors.'
- >There's a definate polarization here. Don't believe me, check out the nintendo
- >cart...
- >
- >1) In the manual, Ken abandoned his master (sheng long) to go lounge with his
- > girlfriend on the beach after SF1.
- >2) One of Ken's 'I won' sentences is, 'Get up, it's too early for you to be
- > defeated.'
- >
- >be Balrog in his ending. All these politics have nothing to do with the
- >of the game's creator(s). So what's the verdict? Is this a legit finding, or
-
- Simple. Theses guys are combic book like characters. They are cardboard
- cutouts - stereotypes from hell. The strong big guy, the quick little guy -
- correct. But what kind of game would it be if Chun Li had to work twice
- as hard to get to the highest level, etc ;)
- Not to mention that you are saying "hey, the American guy who throws
- fireballs and jumps 20 feet in the air is cocky - that racist" is sorta
- a dumb concept ;)
-
- >
- >>--
- >>Typical news read Computer: NFS server wakinyan not responding still trying
- >>at the U of C - Computer: NFS server wakinyan not responding still trying
- >>Don'tcha love it? User : God dammit! Not again! Aaaarrrrgggghhhh!!!!!!!!
- >
- >---
- >T. Cannon
- >(who likes SF2 desipe all this political cr@p)
- >
-
- Ciao....
-
- - Jason
-
-